3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praife: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth from generation to generation. Pfalm 101. Mifericordiam that telleth lies, fhall not tarry in my fight. III fhall foon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land: that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. MORNING PRAYER. Pfalm 102. Domine, exaudi. Ear my prayer, O Lord: MY fong fhall be of mercy H and let my crying come and judgment: thee, O Lord, will I fing. 2 O let me have understanding in the way of godliness. 3 When wilt thou come unto me: I will walk in my house with a perfect heart. 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the fins of unfaithfulness: there fhall no fuch cleave unto me. 5 A froward heart fhall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 6 Whofo privily flandereth his neighbour : him will I destroy. 7 Whofo hath alfo a proud look and high ftomach: I will not fuffer him. 8 Mine eyes look upon fuch as are faithful in the land: that they may dwell with me. 9 Whofo leadeth a godly life he fhall be my fervant. 10 There fhall no deceitful perfon dwell in my house: he unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine ears unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right foon. 3 For my days are confumed away like fmoke: and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire-brand. 4 My heart is fmitten down, and withered like grafs : fo that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning: my bones will fcarce cleave to my flesh. 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness: and like an owl that is in the desert. 7 I have watched, and am even as it were a fparrow : that fitteth alone upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long: and they that are mad upon me, are fworn together against me. 9 For I have eaten afhes as it were bread and mingled my drink with weeping; 10 And that becaufe of thine indignation and wrath for thou haft taken me up, and caft me down. II My days are gone like a fhadow: and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou, O Lord, fhalt endure for ever: and thy remembrance throughout all generations. 13Thou shalt arife, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is come. 14 And why? thy fervants think upon her ftones: and it pitieth them to fee her in the duft. 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy Majefty; 16 When the Lord fhall build up Sion: and when his glory fhall appear; 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor deftitute and despiseth not their defire. 18 This shall be written for those that come after: and the people which fhall be born fhall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his fanctuary: out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 20 That he might hear the mournings of fuch as are i:: captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death; 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion: and his worship at Jerufalem; 22 When the people are gathered together: and the kingdoms alfo to ferve the Lord. 23 He brought down my ftrength in my journey: and fhortened my days. 24 But I faid, O my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age: as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. 25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning haft laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thyhands. 26 They fhall perish, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 27 And as a vesture fhalt thou change them, and they fhall be changed: but thou art the fame, and thy years shall not fail. 28 The children of thy fervants fhall continue: and their feed fhall stand fast in thy fight. Pfalm 103. Benedic,anima mea. Raife the Lord, O my PR foul and all that is within me praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the Lord,Ŏ my foul: and forget not all his benefits; U 4 3 Who Who forgiveth all thy fin: 3 and healeth all thine infirmities; 4 Who faveth thy life from deftruction: and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: making thee young and lufty as an eagle.. 15 The days of man are but as grafs : for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as foon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone: and the place thereof fhall know it no more. 17 But the merciful goodnefs of the Lord endureth for : 6 The Lord executeth righ-ever and ever upon them that teousness and judgment: for all them that are oppreffed with wrong. fear him and his righteoufnefs upon childrens children; 18 Even upon fuch as keep his commandments to do them. 7 He fhewed his ways un-his covenant: and think upon to Mofes his works unto the children of Ifrael. 8 The Lord is full of compaffion and mercy: long-fuffering, and of great goodness. 9 He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 19 The Lord hath prepared his feat in heaven: and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in ftrength: ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his words. 21 O praise the Lord, all 10 He hath not dealt with us after our fins: nor rewarded us according to our wick-ye his hofts: ye fervants of edneffes. II For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth: fo great is his mercy alfo toward them that fear him. 12 Look how wide alfo the eaft is from the weft: fo far hath he fet our fins from us. 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children: even fo is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made: he remembereth that we are but duft. his that do his pleasure. 22 O fpeak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion: praise thou the Lord, O my foul. EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm 104. Benedic, anima mea. Raife the Lord, O my PR foul: O Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious, thou art clothed with majefty and honour. 2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment: and and spreadest out the heavensed with the fruit of thy works. like a curtain. 14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattel: and green herb for the service of men. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind. 4 He maketh his angels fpirits and his minifters a flaming fire. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth that it never fhould move at any time. 6 Thou coveredit it with the deep like as with a garment: the waters ftand in the hills. 7 At thy rebuke they flee: at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid. 8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the valleys beneath: even unto the place which thou haft appointed for them. 9 Thou haft fet them their bounds which they fhall not pafs: neither turn again to cover the earth. 10 He fendeth the fprings into the rivers: which run among the hills. 11 All beafts of the field drink thereof: and the wild affes quench their thirst. 21 The lions roaring after their prey: do feek their meat from God. 22 The fun arifeth, and they get them away together: and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his 12 Befide them fhall the work, and to his labour: unfowls of the air have their ha-til the evening. bitation: and fing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from above: the earth is fill 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works: in wisdom haft thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide an end: praise thou the Lord, fea alfo: wherein are things O my foul, praise the Lord. creeping innumerable, both fmall and great beasts. 26 There go the fhips, and there is that Leviathan: whom thou haft made to take his pastime therein. 27 Thefe wait all upon thee: that thou mayeft give them meat in due feafon. 28 When thou giveft it them, they gather it and when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29 When thou hideft thy face, they are troubled: when thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their duft. 30 When thou letteft thy breath go forth, they fhall be made: and thou fhalt renew the face of the earth. 31 The gloriousMajeftyof the Lord fhall endure for ever: the Lord fhall rejoice in his works. 32 The earth fhall tremble at the look of him: if he do but touch the hills, they shall fmoke. 33 I will fing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will praise my God while I have my being. 34 And fo fhall my words please him: my joy fhall be in the Lord. 35 As for finners, they fhall be confumed out of the earth, and the ungodly fhall come to MORNING PRAYER. Pfalm 105. Confitemini Domino. Give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name: tell the people what things he hath done. 2 O let your fongs be of him, and praise him: and let your talking be of all his wonderous works. 3 Rejoice in his holy Name: let the heart of them rejoice that feek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord and his ftrength: feek his face ever more. 5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 6 Oye feed of Abraham his fervant: ye children of Jacob his chofen. 7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the world. 8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promife: that he made to a thoufand generations; 9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham: and the oath that he sware unto Ifaac; 10Andappointedthefameunto Jacob for a law: and to Ifrael for an everlasting teftament, 11 Saying, Unto thee will I |